It was expected to be exciting as long as it lasted, and it was – but Justin Gaethje ultimately delivered on another exciting finish, stopping Donald Cerrone in the first. The lightweight bout was the UFC on ESPN+ 16 main event at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada....

MMA Junkie analyst Dan Tom breaks down the UFC’s top bouts. Today, we look at the main event for UFC on ESPN+ 16. UFC on ESPN+ 16 takes place Saturday at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The card streams on ESPN+. Donald Cerrone (36-12 MMA, 23-9 UFC)...

nt" VANCOUVER – If Conor McGregor wants to shut Justin Gaethje up, he’s more than welcome. Gaethje, slated to fight Donald Cerrone in the headliner of UFC on ESPN+ 16, called for the winner of an expected title fight between champ Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson. Barring that, Gaethje...

VANCOUVER — To say Marvin Vettori is upset that Andrew Sanchez pulled out of their UFC on ESPN+ 16 fight would be an understatement. Word broke Wednesday that Sanchez (11-4 MMA, 4-2 UFC) had to pull out of the planned middleweight preliminary-card bout due to an illness, but Vettori...

VANCOUVER – Uriah Hall doesn’t have a lot of faith that middleweight champ Robert Whittaker will show up for UFC 243. If Whittaker drops out of a title unifier against interim champ Israel Adesanya, Hall would like nothing more than to play backup. “I would love to fight that...

An interesting and unexpected light heavyweight matchup will headline UFC on ESPN+ 22 on Nov. 16. Former Strikeforce middleweight champion Ronaldo Souza will make the move up to 205 pounds, where he’ll face one of the division’s hottest competitors in Jan Blachowicz. It will serve as the main event...

Unimpressed by the resumes of both Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal, Colby Covington has rebranded their “BMF” title fight. According to Covington (15-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC), it would be more appropriate if the winner of the UFC 244 headliner between Masvidal (34-13 MMA, 13-7 UFC) and Diaz (20-11 MMA,...

Tony Ferguson is aiming for a UFC 245 return in December to challenge lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, and he’s using past altercations as motivation to prepare. In an interview with ESPN on Monday, Ferguson (25-3 MMA, 15-1 UFC) recalled an exchange with Nurmagomedov (28-0 MMA, 12-0 UFC) and members...